Diligence in employments of less consequence is the most successful introduction to greater enterprises. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships;… — Ernest Thompson Seton Copy Share Image
“Everything you do in life, every choice you make, has a consequence. When you do things without thinking, then you aren't making… — Mark Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
“You're forgetting something iadala . Love is not a consequence. Love is not a choice. Love is a thirst --- a need… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
The law does not require a man to cease to be a man, and act without regard to consequences, when he becomes… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences, and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. — Gerda Lerner Copy Share Image
The evil that machinery is doing is not merely in the consequence of its work but in the fact that it makes… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
My role in the government was not to think about narratives and consistency with narratives, but think of the human consequences of… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
It is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom. . . . So often, our acts of service consist of… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Every bit of theorizing I've ever done, including my interest in Berg, has come as a consequence of discoveries I made as… — George Perle Copy Share Image
This is the day when people reciprocally offer, and receive, the kindest and the warmest wishes, though, in general, without meaning them… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
You have to let people express themselves in the way that they need to express themselves. You have to express yourself in… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Only by being permitted to experience the consequences of his actions will the child acquire a sense of responsibility; and within the… — Robert M. Lindner Copy Share Image
Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Natural Selection is not Evolution. Yet, ever since the two words have been in common use, the theory of Natural Selection has… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
[How to think about a problem:] The first step is to make the problem specific . . . ; The second step… — Brand Blanshard Copy Share Image
The various languages placed side by side show that with words it is never a question of truth, never a question of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It was the fashion of the times to attribute every remarkable event to the particular will of the Deity; the alterations of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
Climate change hype has grave real world consequences. It gets rich countries to adopt silly policies and to impose devastating eco-imperialism on… — Leon Louw Copy Share Image
So many misconceptions surround the notion of heroism. Far too many categorize a hero as a champion on the battlefield, a commander… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
It is generally supposed that where there is no QUOTATION, there will be found most originality; and as people like to lay… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences. — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy have consequences very important and of long duration. — John Locke Copy Share Image
The necessary consequence of an egalitarian program is the decidedly inegalitarian creation of a ruthless power elite. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The exercise of freedom invariably results in some choices that are unwise or wrong. But, by living with the consequences of his… — Edmund A. Opitz Copy Share Image
Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“Each day I learn that every single action we take has its own consequence – for either good or bad.” — Ginny Dye Copy Share Image
It's only knitting and it's one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A man's opinion of danger varies at different times, in consequence of an irregular tide of animal spirits; and he is actuated… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
You can think whatever you want, say whatever you want, and do whatever you want, as long as you are willing to… — Joseph M. Marshall III Copy Share Image
We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The aphorism "Whatever is, is right," would be as final as it is lazy, did it not include the troublesome consequence that… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I fell in love with Virginia Woolf in college. I especially admire how well she writes about daily life, how she captures… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Exposure to some pesticides during infancy, even at very low levels, can lead to serious life-long consequences if the pesticides disrupt hormone-driven… — Charles Benbrook Copy Share Image